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P. PALM.

SIRUP GAGE.

(No Model.)

No. 336,151. Patent d Feb. 16, 1886.

WITNESSES.-

ATTORNEY N. PETERS, Fholo-Ljlhogmphar, Wnhin tun, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

PETER PALM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM E. HAFNER AND HERMAN WILL, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SlRUP-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,151, dated February 16, 1886,

Application filed October 152, 1885. Serial No. 170,738. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER PALM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sirup-Gages, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in which- Figure I is a broken side elevation of a mechanism known as a sirup-gage, and embodying myinvention. Fig. IIis abroken elevation of the end of Fig. I, looking in the direction indicated by dart 4; Fig. III, a horizontal sectional plan of the divertingchamber.

This invention has for its object the providing of more durable and efficient mechanism for operating the pistons of sirup-gages. The gages now employed for this purpose are constructed with side connecting-rods to operate the piston, whereby there is a material lateral strain on the piston or plunger by the side strain of such connections, causing the parts to bind and the piston to jump or have a hitching movement, which is very injurious to the parts and the working of the gage. My piston having a central connection at its lower end works easily, and is wholly free from the object-ions noted, and is consequently better adapted to bottling purposes, and it can be operated by less power.

P is the diverting-chamber, and in it is formed a passage, a, leading from the sirup pipe It to the cylinder B, the direction of the sirup being indicated by dart r. \V is a continuation of pipe or passage u, and leads into pipe IV by passing through the top of valve-chamber Y The passage n w permits soda-water to pass from pipe K through said valve-chamber and out at pipe Vt. Vertically through the diverting-chan1ber P is formed the bearing for the piston-rod G, and to its top part, by means of a screw and suitable packing-box, 12, is secured the cylinder B, and in this cylinder is placed the piston A, suitably packed at 7,so that when the rod 0 is packed at the bottom portion of P at D the cylinder is air-tight, except the passage u. A sirup'pipe, R, connects with the chamber P, a pipe, W, with the valve-chamber Y and a pipe, K, also connects with the said chamber, and in pipe R is placed aspringvalve, 6 i, with its seat facing inward, a valve, f h, placed in the pipe K with its seat facing upward, and a valve, 9, placed in the chamber Y with its seat facing downward, the stem 10 of the valve fh projecting down through a guide, J, and packing 13 at the lower end of pipe K. To the lower end of the guide J is cast solid a lug, Q, which is made to form ajoint-connection with the end of lever L by means of a pin, I, Fig. I. A rod, G, is jointed to the lever L at F, and to the piston-rod G at E, whereby the movement of the lever L will give to the piston the desired movement. A gage-plate, H, cast solid to the lever L, is provided with two or more holes, in either of which a screw, b, may be turned to strike against a pin, 9, on the lug Q, and regulate the charge of sirup by an upward stop of the lever.

A lug, c, is made to project out from the end of lever L for lifting the valve f h by its upward pressure on the lower end of the stem 10.

The pipe R, by its connection T, is to be secured to the sirup-cylinder; the pipe K, by connection 0, to the soda-foundation; and the pipe IV, by its connection S, to the bottling head of the machine. When this is done,the proper elevation of the lever L will charge the cylinder with sirup. The bringing down of the lever in the direction of dotted lines N will exhaust the cylinder, and the valve f h will be opened by the lug c, and the valve 9 closed above the pipe W, and admit sodawater into pipe W through the medium of chamber Y.

In the foregoing I have shown how the various pipes, passages, and valves to form a complete sirup-gage can be combined with my improvement in operating pistons; but as the location, style, and form of such parts can be changed or modified within the wellknown art, I do not claim them, but rely having acentra-l bearing for guiding the rodG 0n the claim to cover the novelty of the inof piston A, in combination with the lever L and connecting-rod G, as specified.

vention.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- PETER PALM. 5 ters Patent- Witnesses:

The vertical cylinder B, supported on top G. L. OHAPIN,

of the diverting-chamber P, and said chamber A. G. MOREY. 

